 Why Roger Michell finally turned down BOND..., Michell talks about his Bond decision |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 1 May 2002 From: Vienna, Austria  |
4 June 2007 - 19:16
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Now on the CBn main page...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle1877785.ece QUOTE("timesonline") “Well,” he says. “I did give up directing the Bond film. And it wasn’t quite $8 million but it was a lot of money. It was because in the end I didn’t feel comfortable with the Bond process, and I was very nervous that there was a start date but really no script at all. And I like to be very well prepared as a director.
“The Bond people – who are lovely – are used to going into these massive productions in quite a chaotic way: ‘Oh, we’ll fix that later.’ I panicked about this. And it was starting to make me feel very, very unhappy about what I was doing and who I was. The more the money went up, the worse it made me feel. “I felt a bit like the character in Landscape with Weapon [a weapons designer who pulls out of a massive payday after he gets cold feet about his work] and a little bit like Doctor Faustus, and just decided eventually that I’d be doing it for the wrong reasons. I’d be doing it for my friendship with Daniel Craig. I’d be doing it for the money. And not really because I yearned to do it.” So, after months of talks, late last year Michell pulled out of directing the follow-up to Casino Royale. And shoved off to Kilburn.  |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 January 2006 From: Valencia |
4 June 2007 - 19:17
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He sounds pretty chaotic himself.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 October 2001 From: Chicago, USA |
4 June 2007 - 19:20
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Well, that sounds fair.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
4 June 2007 - 20:44
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Now on the CBn main page...
  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four CommanderBond.net - Where All Other James Bond Sites End... This One Begins Are You Ready To Go? |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 17 September 2005 |
4 June 2007 - 21:02
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Kudos to him for leaving the project as early as he did instead of just going through the motions and churning out a film that his heart wasn't in, which probably would've shown through in the quality.
"One day, and he accepted the fact, he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck. When that happened he knew he too would be branded with the deadly question-mark he recognized so often in others, the promise to pay before you have lost: the acceptance of fallibility." -Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 26 July 2005 |
4 June 2007 - 21:35
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Good for him
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 21 April 2004 From: halifax, UK |
4 June 2007 - 22:39
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I think the trouble for the directors of Bond movies is that it's not really their own vision, it Babs' an Michael's, so theres only so much you can do without compromising what BB and MGW want. Im not knockin this at all, im glad that its in good hands but as a director you're buyin into someone elses vision instead of your own - which is why I think Mitchell took off wen he did.
Im a born again Craig convert, Casino Royale is awesome!!
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 August 2003 |
4 June 2007 - 22:55
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Very interesting.
Imagine Michael Apted's reaction on being offered a Bond! Good that they even considered him. If the Marc Foster reports are true, he must be going through a similar balancing process now. |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 2 July 2005 |
4 June 2007 - 23:56
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I would love Forster to direct. It'll be really interesting to see what happens. Forster has a pretty unique and desirable vision so if he does come on board I will feel more hopeful for Bond 22.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 1 October 2006 |
5 June 2007 - 00:13
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I'm thoroughly happy with Barbara's and Michael's vision in cahoots with Craig. I don't want any directors cocking things up in the Craig era.
I saw MI2 on tv yesterday and the finale' was sooo hideous with the awful slo mo shots of Cruise, etc. Thank goodness the likes of John Woo will never helm a Bond picture. The other thing about Mitchell is what I said in march and that is he probably is too intimidated by having to helm a $150 million plus production. He can only have a downside if he screws it up and has no confidence to pull it off. Perhaps his backside was perspiring at the thought of cocking it up. (Forgive the pun). ;-) |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 26 July 2005 |
5 June 2007 - 01:30
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So... what's all this "Mitchell" business about, then?
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
5 June 2007 - 01:49
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QUOTE(Royal Dalton @ 4 June 2007 - 21:30)  So... what's all this "Mitchell" business about, then? Whoops! Fixed. Thanks, Royal Dalton.  QUOTE(Royal Dalton @ 4 June 2007 - 21:30) So... what's all this "Mitchell" business about, then? Whoops! Fixed. Thanks, Royal Dalton.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four CommanderBond.net - Where All Other James Bond Sites End... This One Begins Are You Ready To Go? |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 16 September 2005 |
5 June 2007 - 03:22
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Wonder if he'd reconsider/be in the mix now...that the script is done (first draft, and Haggis polishing) and the release date has been pushed back from when he was initially being courted?
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 18 November 2004 |
5 June 2007 - 04:33
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Gee, he just is no director who can take on a big budget extravaganza. That´s alright. But why does he keep talking about it? Milking the press for his own sake...
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